Most tennis balls held in one hand : Nepalese man breaks Guinness world record

PALPA, Nepal -- During an event organized by the Press Chautari Nepal Chapter in Tansen, Narayan Timalsina (27) of Barangdi VDC-1, Palpa district, held 24 tennis balls on his right hand for one-and-a-half minutes, setting the new world record for the Most tennis balls held in one hand,
according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/. Photo: Narayan Timalsina (27) of Barangdi VDC-1, Palpa district holding 24 balls in a single hand in a bid to set gain an entry into the Book of World Records in Palpa, Nepal. Photo: Jagdish Bhattarai (enlarge photo)

The Guinness world record for the most tennis balls held in the hand is 22, achieved by Silvo Sabba (Italy) in Pioltello, Italy.

Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the most tennis balls held in the mouth by a dog at one time: five. Augie, a golden retriever owned by the Miller family in Dallas, Texas, USA, successfully gathered and held all five regulation-sized tennis balls.

Timalsina said that he practiced for more than two years and was able to hold 24 balls in a single hand, The |Himalayan Times reported.

Earlier, a citizen from Italy had registered his name in the Guinness Book of World Records in the same category by holding 22 balls in a single hand.

Senior journalist Megh Raj Sharma, central member of Press Chautari Nepal Bhagwan Bhandari, central member of CPN-UML Thakur Gaire and Vice-Chairman of the UML Palpa Devi Prasad Basyal among others had extended best wishes to Timalsina.